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		xfitm3 on Feb 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dotfile madness MacOS stores this for files I download through a browser. "Get Info" has a "Where from" property: http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/12/find-out-where-a-file-was-dow...

heywire on Feb 2, 2019 [–]

Windows does something similar with Alternate Data Streams [0]

[0] https://textslashplain.com/2016/04/04/downloads-and-the-mark...

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